Download or read book Health Care Provision written by Audrey Leathard and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2000 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines health care in England and Wales from 1900 to the year 2000. Scotland and Northern Ireland are reviewed separately. Discusses the implication of Britain's involvement with the European Union and health care systems abroad. The key NHS reforms are charted across time and the changes brough about under New Labour are reviewed.

Download or read book GP Tomorrow written by Jamie Harrison and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to GPs' career development provides a framework for a career to develop and be supported at all stages, and includes practical examples which illustrate opportunities for training and personal enrichment. This second edition has been fully updated to include new developments.

Download or read book The Abolition of the GP Fundholding Scheme written by Adrian Kay and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Changes to Primary Care Trusts written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-01-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) were created in 2002 to commission health services for their local populations, and are currently responsible for controlling about 80 per cent of the £76 billion NHS annual budget. In addition, PCTs have responsibility for public health, and many also provide community-based health services such as district nursing and community hospitals. The Committee's report examines the Government's proposals (set out in the Department of Health paper 'Commissioning a Patient-led NHS' published in July 2005, which can be downloaded at http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/67/17/04116717.pdf) to cut the number of PCTs and to contract out community health services by the end of 2008. The report raises a number of serious concerns about the proposals, including in relation to: failings in the consultation process; the impact of PCT restructuring and divestment of provider services; and the likelihood that the estimated financial savings of £250 million will be achieved.

Download or read book Commissioning written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioning : Fourth report of session 2009-10, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal Minutes

Download or read book Guide to GP Fundholding written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health and Illness written by Michael Senior and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1997-11-11 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Illness provides a comprehensive, concise and accessible introduction to the topic, presented in an attractive manner, with relevant activities and exercises to ensure that students' learning is as active as possible. The activities, which are a central feature of the book, develop study skills such as essay writing, note-taking and responding to data/stimulus questions.

Download or read book Restructuring The Medical Profession The Intraprofessional Relations Of Gps And Hospital Consultants written by Baeza, Juan and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between general practitioners (GPs) and hospital consultants in the United Kingdom? How does government health policy impact upon GPs and hospital consultants? What influence does the medical profession have upon policy makers in the United Kingdom? The medical profession occupies a dominant position within the British health care system and as such is able to influence the development and implementation of health policy. The main division within the medical profession lies between general practitioners and hospital consultants.This book provides a comprehensive analysis of British health policy over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on data from case studies, it provides empirical evidence of the impact of recent health policies upon the National Health Service (in general) and the medical profession (in particular). The case studies provide an analysis of the impact of the 1991 NHS reforms, as well as examining the ongoing influence of the post 1999 NHS reforms upon these intraprofessional relations. What emerges is that the relationship between GPs and hospital consultants is transforming from a collegial to a more managerial relationship. This book sheds light on the resulting development of intraprofessional relations between GPs and hospital consultants within the NHS. Restructuring the Medical Profession is key reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and professionals in the fields of social policy and health policy. It is also of interest to health service practitioners, health service researchers and health policy makers.

Download or read book Implementing GP Fundholding written by Howard Glennerster and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "GP fundholding was one of the most contentious elements in the British Government's controversial reforms to the NHS. It gave GPs the power to buy services direct from hospitals on behalf of their patients, the most radical change in the funding of the service since 1946. Did this give more choice and power to patients or did it give fundholders' patients an unfair advantage? Is it destabilizing the NHS? Are GPs or district health authorities the best purchasers of health care?" "Professor Glennerster of the LSE has been monitoring the scheme since 1990 as part of a King's Fund-supported research project. This book reports on his research. It traces the origins of the idea and looks at the way it was implemented in three regions. It goes on to study in detail the impact on ten first wave and sixteen second wave practices and examines the financial issues. Finally, the book weighs up the pros and cons of UP fundholding and suggests a way forward." "Implementing GP Fundholding will be of interest to a wide range of health professionals, health authority members and managers. It will also be useful for students of social policy, public administration and health studies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The Invisible Hospital and the Secret Garden written by John Spiers and published by Radcliffe Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at social consent, patient power and the challenges of determining what is clinically effective.

Download or read book Specialist Outreach Clinics in General Practice written by Martin Roland and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Other titles in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre series: NPCRDC:What is the Future for a Primary Care-led NHS? NPCRDC: Primary Care: Understanding Health Need and Demand NPCRDC: Better Building for Better Services NPCRDC: Primary Care and Social Services: developing new partnerships for older people NPCRDC: Primary Health Care and the Private Sector

Download or read book Innovation in the Biopharmaceutical Industry written by Rifat A. Atun and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation is at the heart of all advances and has the capacity to solve problems facing humanity. Societies which have turned away from innovation and technological development have failed in their ability to support their populations. Understanding the nature of innovation in the life sciences and in particular healthcare, how it operates, what enables and hinders it is therefore of great importance to meeting the challenges ahead. This book, originally and concurrently published in the International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2007, offers the latest research and insights concerning innovation in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Download or read book Personal Medical Information written by Ross Anderson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years, the protection of computerised medical records, and of other personal health information, has become the subject of both technical research and political dispute in a number of countries. In Britain, the issue arose initially as an argument between the British Me dical Association and the Department of Health over whether encryption should be used in a new medical network. In Germany, the focus was the issue to all patients of a smartcard to hold insurance details and facilitate payment; while in the USA, the debate has been whether federal law should preempt state re gulation of computerised medical records, and if so, what technical and legal protection should be afforded the patient. Whatever the origin and evolution of this debate in specific countries, it has become clear that policy and technical matters are closely intertwined. What does 'computer security' mean in the medical context? What are we trying to do? What are the threats that we are trying to forestall? What costs might reasonably be incurred? To what extent is the existing technology - largely developed to meet military and banking requirements - of use? And perhaps hardest of all, what is the right balance between technical and legal controls? As the debate spread, it became clear that there was little serious contact between the people who could state the requirements - clinical professionals, medical ethicists and patients - and the people who could explore how to meet

Download or read book Making Sense of a Primary Care Led Health Service written by Peter Littlejohns and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shift of services from acute hospitals to general practice requires clinicians to become actively involved in the process of change. This book sets out to demonstrate that with careful planning, implementation and evaluation of this process, problems can be avoided and the quality of service enhanced. The authors demonstrate a clear understanding of the practical issues involved and their evident enthusiasm for the opportunities now available will stimulate innovation in hospital staff, the health care team in general practice and NHS managers responsible for the delivery of a more efficient and responsible service.

Download or read book Interprofessional Collaboration written by Audrey Leathard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Interprofessional Collaboration the benefits of collaboration for patients and carers are confirmed through theoretical models illustrated with case studies of existing examples.

Download or read book Voices Off written by Liz Cooper and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 1995 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Agenda for Health written by Anna Coote and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the forces for change in health politics and tries to predict the future for health politics in the next decade. Examines the issues surrounding many areas including the impact of market reforms; gp fundholding; resource allocation issues; rights and accountability; funding for the health service and the private finance initiative.